Subjects:  1. Boston (Mass.)    2. Classics    3. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775    4. Fiction    5. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864    6. History    7. Illegitimate children    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Literature: Classics    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities    11. Triangles (Interpersonal relat    12. Triangles (Interpersonal relations)    13. Women immigrants    14. Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction    15. Classic fiction    16. English literature: texts    17. Literary Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh   

Subjects:  1. 18th Century English Novel And Short Story    2. 18th century    3. Business & Economics    4. Business/Economics    5. Economic History    6. English fiction    7. Great Britain    8. History    9. History and criticism    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. Narration (Rhetoric)    13. Popular literature    14. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh   

Subjects:  1. Europe - Great Britain - General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. Wales    6. Wales - History    7. British & Irish history    8. History / General    9. Modern period, c 1500 onwards    10. c 1000 CE to c 1500    11. c 500 CE to c 1000 CE   

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Pembroke Welsh Corgi: A Kennel Club Book
Burton's volume covers the history, characteristics, training and care of your Pembroke Welsh Corgi. As a new dog owner, this book was a pleasure to read, being packed with useful information. The pictures and layout make this volume a great coffee table book. I highly recommend it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS    2. Pets   

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Abel Jones is one of the Best Characters in Fiction
A Union general recruiting among the Irish coal miners in Pennsylvania is dead.The confessed killer is also dead.But Major Abel Jones believes otherwise, convinced that the clannish Irish miners, violently opposed to the Civil War and emancipation, have hidden the killer.But when Jones opens the casket of the supposed murderer, and instead finds the body of a woman, he finds himself in a tangled web of political and social hatred and rivalries.
Review by Maguire Descendant
I had to read this book because I had heard that it mentioned the Molly Maguires and I was curious.I didn't particularly care for Owen's style of writing; he tended to go off on tangents sometimes and over-describe some particulars.He also uses the phrase "but let that bide" far too much for my taste.The main thing that the book makes you think about was that if military personnel went to the coal regions during the war to enlist the Irish, what would the mine owners have done?They probably would have done something because who would be left to go work down in the mines?They probably would have had to have started paying fair wages, etc. to get people to go down there!The book makes a good point of telling how difficult it was for the mine workers, how harsh the weather can be in PA and mentions the Molly Maguires.He mentions how Jack Kehoe was hung probably for convenience sake and that everything he did was in an effort to help his people.The main character of his book (the detective) is a Welshman (like the author) and the guy is pretty full of himself (which gets tiring).He portrays the Irish the way many Welsh probably looked at Irish during those times - as dirty, stubborn, unruly, dumb people.He does his best to try to be fair and writes about Kehoe with some admiration though (I'm sure he realized with the title of this book that a lot of Irish would be the ones reading it).I think that maybe some of the people from the coal regions would get a kick out of some of the references to the area and the dialect he wrote in.

Abel Jones progresses through the Civil War
This is the fifth book in the Abel Jones series, written by Owen Parry, who to my mind is approaching the status of a national treasure. For the uninitiated, Jones is a Welshman who served in Queen Victoria's army in the 1850's, was a sergeant, and saw considerable combat, especially in the Sepoy Rebellion (1857). After many experiences, he made his way to America with a wife and child, swearing to never fight again, only to be confronted with something he can't ignore or sit out: a war to free the slaves. Jones, you see, is very religious, and can't abide slavery; he must, therefore, enlist and use his soldiering skills to do his part in that institution's demise. Wounded at First Bull Run in the leg, so that he can't run or even walk without a cane, he is transferred to more indistinct duties. Instead of clerking somewhere, he's a sort of ad hoc investigator for the Union army, which sets the scene for a wonderful series of private eye novels disguised in a Civil War uniform.
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Subjects:  1. Civil War, 1861-1865    2. Fiction    3. Fiction - Historical    4. Historical - General    5. History    6. Irish Americans    7. Jones, Abel (Fictitious charac    8. Jones, Abel (Fictitious character)    9. Mystery & Detective - General    10. United States    11. War & Military    12. Welsh Americans    13. Fiction / Historical    14. Bargain   

Subjects:  1. 1873-1957    2. 20th century    3. Autobiographical fiction, English    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. England    6. Feminism and literature    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    10. Literary Criticism & Collections / Reference    11. Pilgrimage    12. Richardson, Dorothy Miller,    13. Women and literature    14. Dictionaries    15. Feminist literature    16. Fiction    17. Richardson, Dorothy Miller    18. Social life and customs    19. Women    20. Women authors   

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An exciting look at Elizabeth's courtiers as critics.
Frye's study of Elizabeth's struggle to control her iconography and representation is very powerful. She discusses three major events in the course of Elizabeth's reign, and how merchants, courtiers and poets represented Elizabeth through them: praising her glory and virtue, yet simultaneously taking the critical liberties of a patriarchal society over a woman. Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. English Renaissance Literature (1500-1700)    3. Europe - Great Britain - General    4. Great Britain - History - Tudor And Stuart (1485-1714)    5. Historical - British    6. History    7. Literary Criticism    8. Royalty    9. Biography: historical    10. Biography: political    11. Biography: royalty    12. British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500    13. British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700    14. England    15. English    16. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    17. Literature/English | British Literature | Renaissance    18. Rank & titles    19. Women's studies    20. c 1500 to c 1600    21. c 1600 to c 1700   

Subjects:  1. 18th century    2. Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797    3. Christianity - Episcopalianism    4. Great Britain    5. History    6. Literary form    7. Political science    8. Politics and literature    9. Religion    10. Burke, Edmund    11. Contributions in political science    12. English    13. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    14. Literary art    15. Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries    16. Literature/English | British Literature | 18th C    17. Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries    18. Political science & theory    19. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. General    3. History and criticism    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Regional, Ethnic, Genre, Specific Subject    7. 20th century    8. British Literature    9. Comparative Literature    10. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    11. Literary studies: general    12. Novels, other prose & writers    13. United Kingdom, Great Britain    14. c 1700 to c 1800    15. c 1800 to c 1900   

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what a marvelous resource
As a writer and a devotee of history, I am always looking for the ultimate resourse books on anything and everything from A-Z.And that is what this book is, the ultimate book on what Brits ate from stone age days to Victorian era!Not a "quickie" book, but a thorough researched book on the diet of our ancestors.It broken down into chapters in food types, the one fault I have with the book (wish it had been broken down in periods of time or at least cross-references.Maybe next updated printing?
Essential Classic
First published in 1973, this work remains the best place to start for any exploration into what the English ate, when it was consumed, and why they started. As a librarian, Wilson had access to an outstanding collection ofcookery books that were given to the University of Leeds's BrothertonLibrary, and she made great use of them to talk about the "gradual changes and developments in the preparation of foodstuffs in Britain".This is not a cookbook and does not include historical adaptations.Anyrecipes that are included are there to illustrate a method or ingredientand are written as part of the text. Chapters are arranged by category ortype of food. For example, chapter 4 covers "Wild fowl, tame fowl andeggs"; these subjects are then discussed in a chronological fashion,proceeding from the ancients, the Romans, early medieval, etc. Wilsonincludes a marvelous bibliography and footnotes that can be used to furtherexplore the subject. For a work that is nearly 30 years old, it is still anessential reading and shelf reference volume for culinary and socialhistorians. Any general reader with an interest in British history orsocial customs would also find it of great value. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, British    2. Cooking    3. Dinners and dining    4. Gastronomy    5. Great Britain    6. History    7. History - General History    8. Manners And Customs    9. Regional & Ethnic - English, Scottish & Welsh    10. Regional & Ethnic - European   

Subjects:  1. Books and reading    2. Criticism    3. History and criticism    4. Literature    5. English    6. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    7. Literary studies: general    8. Literary theory   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. General    4. Regional & Ethnic - English, Scottish & Welsh    5. Desserts    6. History of specific subjects    7. Modern period, c 1500 onwards    8. United Kingdom, Great Britain    9. c 1000 CE to c 1500   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. General    4. History    5. Rugby    6. Rugby football    7. Rugby football players    8. Sports    9. Sports & Recreation    10. Wales    11. Biography: sport    12. Sports & Recreation / Rugby   

Subjects:  1. Anthologies (multiple authors)    2. English literature    3. Ireland    4. Irish Literature    5. Irish authors    6. Literary collections    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Logic    9. Philosophy    10. British & Irish history    11. Collections & anthologies of various literary forms    12. Cultural studies    13. English    14. Essays, journals, letters & other prose works    15. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    16. Literature/English | World Literature | Irish    17. Social history   

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Useful and guiding when used with the appropriate age-group
I used this book during my teaching practice, with girls aged 11 to 13.Most of the exercises were good to use but I had to adapt others to fit the circumstance and the age that the girls are in.However, I found it usefuland will continue using it.I am still on the lookout for other books tomake my lessons more varied and interesting.Keep it up! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques / Collectibles    2. Pottery & Ceramics    3. Sociology    4. Ceramics    5. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles    6. Wales   

Subjects:  1. 1795-1821    2. 19th century    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Correspondence    5. Historical - British    6. Keats, John,    7. Letters    8. Literary    9. Poets, English    10. Biography: general    11. English    12. Keats, John    13. Literary Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    14. Literature/English | British Literature | 19th C    15. Other prose: 19th century   

Subjects:  1. Letters    2. Literary Criticism    3. Literature - Classics / Criticism    4. Reference    5. England    6. Family history    7. Literary Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    8. Literature/English | British Literature | Medieval    9. Prose & writers: classical, early & medieval    10. Social history    11. c 1000 CE to c 1500   

Subjects:  1. Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology    2. Fiction    3. Fiction - General    4. Folklore    5. Goblins    6. Mythology, Welsh    7. Wales    8. General & Literary Fiction    9. Historical fiction   

Subjects:  1. History and criticism    2. Mythology    3. Poetry    4. Welsh poetry   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Furniture & cabinetmaking    3. Furniture & furnishings manufacture    4. History of specific subjects    5. Wales